''Gunda'' is a genus of
moth
Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...
s of the family
Bombycidae
The Bombycidae are a family of moths. The best-known species is ''Bombyx mori'' (Linnaeus) or silkworm, native to northern China and domesticated for millennia. Another well-known species is ''Bombyx mandarina'', also native to Asia.
Taxonomy
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(silk moths). The genus was erected by
Francis Walker in 1862. It is primarily an Oriental genus, found in India, China and South-east Asia.
Species
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Gunda aroa
''Gunda aroa'' is a species of moth in the family Bombycidae. It was described by George Thomas Bethune-Baker in 1904. It is found in New Guinea.
The wingspan
The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one win ...
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Bethune-Baker, 1904
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Gunda engonata
''Gunda engonata'' is a species of moth from the Bombycidae family. It was described by Charles Swinhoe in 1899. It is found in India.
The larvae have been recorded feeding on ''Ficus'' species.
References
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(Swinhoe, 1899)
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Gunda javanica
''Gunda javanica'' is a moth of the family Bombycidae first described by Frederic Moore in 1872. It is found in the north-eastern parts of the Himalayas, Myanmar, Sundaland, Palawan and Sulawesi
Sulawesi (), also known as Celebes (), is an i ...
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(Moore, 1872)
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Gunda ochracea
''Gunda ochracea'' is a species of moth in the family Bombycidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1862. It is found in the Indian subregion and from South-east Asia to Sumatra, Borneo and the Philippines
The Philippines (; fil, Pi ...
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Walker, 1862
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Gunda proxima
''Gunda proxima'' is a species of moth in the family Bombycidae. It was described by Roepke in 1924. It is found in Asia, including Indonesia and Vietnam.
The wingspan is 45–50 mm for females and 32–34 mm for males.
The larvae ha ...
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Roepke, 1924
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Gunda subnotata
''Gunda subnotata'' is a species of moth in the family Bombycidae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1859. It is found in Singapore and on Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo and Palawan
Palawan (), officially the Province of Palawan ( ...
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(Walker, 1859)
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Gunda thwaitesii
''Gunda thwaitesii'' is a species of moth in the family Bombycidae. It was described by Frederic Moore in 1883 and is found in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இல ...
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(Moore, 1883)
References
Bombycidae
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